Author: Richard Straub.
We talk about open societies, open innovation, open standards, open ecosystems, open source and open architectures. The idea of “openness” is emerging as a dominant attribute of key developments in our economic and social fabric. Richard Straub argues in this paper that “openness” is the defining quality of 21st century globalisation.
The document discusses the changing nature of careers and career advice. It argues that traditional top-down, siloed career advice models are being disrupted by new peer-to-peer, social network approaches enabled by Web 2.0. Evolutionary theory and the concept of punctuated equilibrium are used as frameworks to analyze how the career advice ecosystem is rapidly evolving in the digital age, with periods of stasis being disrupted by bursts of rapid change. Traditional "one-stop shop" career advice models are seen as outdated, while individuals now access career information and guidance from a wide variety of online and offline sources.
Web Governance: Where Strategy Meets StructurePeter Morville
The document discusses the topic of web governance. It suggests that web governance is needed to address issues like fragmentation and findability on websites. It presents a framework for web governance that includes establishing a web governance board, having a unified web strategy, and utilizing network intelligence. The framework also discusses establishing local governance structures. It provides examples of levers that can be used to drive change, such as designing for connection, utilizing organizational charts, and establishing pods/teams.
Why our future lies in ecosystems and what is going to support itJean-Yves Huwart
We are in the early stage of multiple shift where organisations will move from a traditional top-down way of working towards framed, opened and networked ecosystems.
The underground rivers of innovative e-Learning: a preview from the HELIOS Ye...eLearning Papers
Authors: Claudio Dondi.
The article is a preview of the HELIOS Yearly Report 2007, the final publication of the HELIOS project, which will present the main e-Learning developments of the past two years in Europe and review the debate on ICT-related innovation in education and training systems.
Authors: Sandra Schaffert, Guntram Geser.
In the last few years, Open Educational Resources (OER) have gained much attention. From January 2006 to December 2007 the Open e-Learning Content Observatory Services (OLCOS), a project co-funded by the European Commission under the eLearning Programme, explored how OER can make a difference in teaching and learning.
Enhancing patients’ employability through informal eLearning while at hospitaeLearning Papers
Author: Holger Bienzle.
Access to lifelong learning provisions for all citizens and enhancement of their employabilty are central aims of European policies in education and training. eHospital, a European pilot project seeks to bring learning opportunities to people who do not normally have the chance to learn: adult patients who are forced to spend a longer period of time in hospitals.
The document discusses the changing nature of careers and career advice. It argues that traditional top-down, siloed career advice models are being disrupted by new peer-to-peer, social network approaches enabled by Web 2.0. Evolutionary theory and the concept of punctuated equilibrium are used as frameworks to analyze how the career advice ecosystem is rapidly evolving in the digital age, with periods of stasis being disrupted by bursts of rapid change. Traditional "one-stop shop" career advice models are seen as outdated, while individuals now access career information and guidance from a wide variety of online and offline sources.
Web Governance: Where Strategy Meets StructurePeter Morville
The document discusses the topic of web governance. It suggests that web governance is needed to address issues like fragmentation and findability on websites. It presents a framework for web governance that includes establishing a web governance board, having a unified web strategy, and utilizing network intelligence. The framework also discusses establishing local governance structures. It provides examples of levers that can be used to drive change, such as designing for connection, utilizing organizational charts, and establishing pods/teams.
Why our future lies in ecosystems and what is going to support itJean-Yves Huwart
We are in the early stage of multiple shift where organisations will move from a traditional top-down way of working towards framed, opened and networked ecosystems.
The underground rivers of innovative e-Learning: a preview from the HELIOS Ye...eLearning Papers
Authors: Claudio Dondi.
The article is a preview of the HELIOS Yearly Report 2007, the final publication of the HELIOS project, which will present the main e-Learning developments of the past two years in Europe and review the debate on ICT-related innovation in education and training systems.
Authors: Sandra Schaffert, Guntram Geser.
In the last few years, Open Educational Resources (OER) have gained much attention. From January 2006 to December 2007 the Open e-Learning Content Observatory Services (OLCOS), a project co-funded by the European Commission under the eLearning Programme, explored how OER can make a difference in teaching and learning.
Enhancing patients’ employability through informal eLearning while at hospitaeLearning Papers
Author: Holger Bienzle.
Access to lifelong learning provisions for all citizens and enhancement of their employabilty are central aims of European policies in education and training. eHospital, a European pilot project seeks to bring learning opportunities to people who do not normally have the chance to learn: adult patients who are forced to spend a longer period of time in hospitals.
The document proposes upgrading the human operating system from Economy 2.0 to Economy 3.0. Economy 2.0 is based on self-interest and institutionalized greed, but often results in situations where some parties lose. Economy 3.0 aims for "win-win-win" situations where the transaction benefits all parties as well as the commons, community, culture, and ecology. It suggests training "collaboration facilitators" and "business intelligence facilitators" to consider these additional stakeholders in each transaction and ensure the "third win." The curriculum focuses on principles like collective intelligence, transparency, and continual learning to build Economy 3.0 through facilitated collaboration.
This document provides an overview of the Open Source Ecology paradigm and Civilization Starter Kit. The Open Source Ecology movement aims to create an open source economy through open access to economically significant designs and techniques. This will lower barriers to entry and allow communities to produce more locally. The goal is for communities to gain the knowledge to produce essential resources and become more self-sufficient through the open sharing of technology. The Civilization Starter Kit outlines 50 industrial machines that would allow small scale communities to achieve modern comforts by producing locally.
The fourth-industrial-revolution-2016-21milindiitb
This document provides an introduction to the concept of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It discusses how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, the internet of things, autonomous vehicles, 3D printing, biotechnology and nanotechnology are combining in novel ways and transforming all sectors of society and the economy. The changes are happening exponentially faster than previous industrial revolutions and will profoundly impact how we live, work, and relate to one another. The document argues that this revolution requires cooperation across all stakeholders to ensure it is empowering and shapes our future in a positive way.
Keynote "The System Approach in Resiliency"
Dirk Helbing, Chair of Sociology, in particular of Modeling and Simulation, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland at the 4th Annual Conference on Community Resiliency
On Network Capitalism, Ernesto van Peborgh, ISSS Keynote, George Washington U...Ernesto Peborgh
Keynote "Learning Across Boundaries: Exploring the Diversity of Systemic Theory and Practice". Presented at the 58th Conference of the ISSS at GWU School of Business at George Washington University, Washington, DC., from the 27th of July to the 1st of August, 2014.
1) The document discusses the concept of "innovative responsibility", which is defined as accounting for the potential effects and impacts of innovation on society and the environment throughout the innovation process.
2) It argues that failures to consider innovative responsibility, like in the 2008 mortgage crisis, can have severe consequences, and that individuals and institutions all have an obligation to ensure innovative responsibility.
3) The conclusion states that innovative responsibility should be considered as important as issues like climate change and terrorism, and practicing it can help eliminate potential catastrophes while improving system resilience and sustainability.
The document discusses the Third Industrial Revolution and key thinkers related to it such as Neil Gershenfeld, Jeremy Rifkin, and Chris Anderson. It outlines some of the main ideas from their works, including that personal fabrication tools will allow everyone to become their own manufacturer. It also discusses challenges for open source practices being applied to hardware, and questions around how to best organize the emerging ecosystem of distributed digital manufacturing.
The document discusses the rise of a new global capitalist system fueled by information technologies and networked organizations. This system is flexible and able to include or exclude people, territories, and activities based on their value. However, this ability of networks to constantly restructure and bypass areas that are no longer valuable can lead to social underdevelopment and exclusion of entire populations. It is critical to leverage information technologies to promote social inclusion and development on a global scale through initiatives like upgrading infrastructure, reforming education, and creating an open network of science and technology sharing.
This document discusses technological innovation and its impacts on employment. It provides context on globalization trends, industrial reorganization, and different models of production. It then examines Portugal's situation, including achievements and barriers to technological progress. Key policies and initiatives to promote innovation in Portugal are also summarized, from research to education. The social effects of technology on both the macro level and within organizations are then explored.
This document summarizes articles from the Boostzone Institute's October 2011 web review. It discusses several topics:
1) Studies on the global network of corporations and financial institutions, finding that 147 companies control 40% of transnational corporations.
2) Trends of freelancing and independent work becoming more common, with people piecing together various types of work.
3) Interviews with Michel Serres about the changes in society due to new technologies and how the West will adapt to the world it has created.
4) Articles on millennials facing economic challenges and adjusting expectations around ownership versus access.
So in summary, the document outlines recent research and discussions on global corporate networks, the rise of
This work presents the impact of technological innovations in international business. The objective will be to demonstrate that technological ecosystems are promoters of international business and its application in Peru will bring amazing benefits for the entire state: government, business, society.
Chapter I explains how technological innovations have been around since the dawn of time and have evolved along with humans providing opportunities for commercial and business development internationally. Then, as the second chapter discusses two countries have been developing successful technological ecosystems, international engine companies we know today as HP, Apple, and others. And like innovation model for emerging countries like Peru. To end the situation in Peru is evaluated with respect to the creation of structures for the development of technological innovations.
Finally, we conclude with a positive attitude towards the initiatives of the Peruvian government in including steps to encourage innovation measures, which added to the change of mentality of Peruvian companies and international support in education and investment, will be able to generate a substantial change in Peruvian exports.
This document summarizes Peter Troxler's background and involvement in the Fab Lab movement. It discusses key thinkers and texts related to digital fabrication and the Third Industrial Revolution, including Neil Gershenfeld, Jeremy Rifkin, and Chris Anderson. It also touches on challenges around organizing the Fab Lab ecosystem through collective action and self-organization while protecting open access to knowledge.
This document summarizes Peter Troxler's background and involvement in the Fab Lab movement. It discusses key thinkers and texts related to digital fabrication and the Third Industrial Revolution, including Neil Gershenfeld, Jeremy Rifkin, and Chris Anderson. It also touches on challenges around organizing the Fab Lab ecosystem through collective action and self-organization while protecting open access to knowledge.
This document provides an overview of Jacque Fresco's vision for a resource-based economy and The Venus Project. It discusses how future advances in science and technology will allow more decision making to be done by machines. It argues that previous attempts at social change like Marxism and utopian socialism failed because they lacked comprehensive plans and methods for implementation. It proposes that a resource-based economic model could maximize technology to enhance all human life and protect the environment. For social change to occur, outdated political and economic systems must lose public support. True change requires addressing problems from a global, systematic perspective rather than through individual persuasion. An internationally accepted comprehensive blueprint and planning council could help transition the world to a more equitable resource-based
This #PlatformCoopBerlin report comprises an introduction into the notion of platform cooperativism, references and links to main activists, activities and further readings. You’ll also find a report on the first #platformCoopBerlin meet-up in Berlin on the 04.03.2016, including a transcript of Michel Bauwen’s speech at this gathering. This article might be useful for whoever wants to get a basic or better understanding of platform cooperativism. People intending to organise a #PlatformCoopX meetup in their own city or researching about the subject will also find helpful information, links and contacts
The document discusses how disruptive technologies and social media are revolutionizing the media landscape and cultural practices in three main ways:
1. Traffic on global internet networks is growing exponentially and will continue to do so, changing how media is distributed and accessed.
2. Media will increasingly be generated by everyday people (prosumers) using converged mobile devices and distributed through social networks rather than traditional broadcast models.
3. This has upended traditional models of expertise and authority, shifting the role of media professionals from creators to "curators" who facilitate information flows and connections.
Activos inteligentes: Liberando el potencial de la economía circularItziar Ruiz Mendiola
En 2020 habrá entre 25 y 50 billones (con b) de aparatos electrónicos conectados. Hoy en día existen 10 billones. Este Internet de las Cosas (Internet of the Things, IoT) ofrece oportunidades por valor de un trillón de dólares, y provocará mejoras en la producción y los procesos de distribución, pero, lo que es más importante, provocará un cambio significativo en el modo en el que se utilizan los productos. La transformación digital tiene el poder para redefinir las bases mismas de la economía basada en el consumo de materiales. Frente a este modelo, surge otro donde la conectividad es una nueva infraestructura que puede dar lugar a la Era de la Economía Circular.
Así se refleja este informe elaborado por Ellen MacArthur Foundation en colaboración con World Economic Forum y que ha contado con la participación de más de 30 organizaciones, entre las que figura Innobasque. El trabajo pone el acento en cómo acelerar innovaciones impulsadas por el mercado y ayudar a escalar la economía circular. Se focaliza en explicar cuáles son los facilitadores de esta economía circular, como las tecnologías digitales, que son demasiado grandes o complejas para ser superadas por un solo negocio, ciudad, gobierno o individuo.
OER in the Mobile Era: Content Repositories’ Features for Mobile Devices and ...eLearning Papers
Learning objects and open contents have been named in the Horizon reports from 2004 and 2010 respectively, predicting to have an impact in the short term due to the current trend of offering open content for free on the Web. OER repositories should adapt their features so their contents can be accessed from mobile devices. This paper summarizes recent trends in the creation, publication, discovery, acquisition, access, use and re-use of learning objects on mobile devices based on a literature review on research done from 2007 to 2012. From the content providers side, we present the results obtained from a survey performed on 23 educational repository owners prompting them to answer about their current and expected support on mobile devices. From the content user side, we identify features provided by the main OER repositories. Finally, we introduce future trends and our next contributions.
Designing and Developing Mobile Learning Applications in International Studen...eLearning Papers
This paper reports on an international collaboration in which students from different universities designed and developed mobile learning applications, working together in interdisciplinary teams using social and mobile media. We describe the concept, process and outcomes of this collaboration including challenges of designing and developing mobile learning applications in virtual teams.
The document proposes upgrading the human operating system from Economy 2.0 to Economy 3.0. Economy 2.0 is based on self-interest and institutionalized greed, but often results in situations where some parties lose. Economy 3.0 aims for "win-win-win" situations where the transaction benefits all parties as well as the commons, community, culture, and ecology. It suggests training "collaboration facilitators" and "business intelligence facilitators" to consider these additional stakeholders in each transaction and ensure the "third win." The curriculum focuses on principles like collective intelligence, transparency, and continual learning to build Economy 3.0 through facilitated collaboration.
This document provides an overview of the Open Source Ecology paradigm and Civilization Starter Kit. The Open Source Ecology movement aims to create an open source economy through open access to economically significant designs and techniques. This will lower barriers to entry and allow communities to produce more locally. The goal is for communities to gain the knowledge to produce essential resources and become more self-sufficient through the open sharing of technology. The Civilization Starter Kit outlines 50 industrial machines that would allow small scale communities to achieve modern comforts by producing locally.
The fourth-industrial-revolution-2016-21milindiitb
This document provides an introduction to the concept of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It discusses how emerging technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, the internet of things, autonomous vehicles, 3D printing, biotechnology and nanotechnology are combining in novel ways and transforming all sectors of society and the economy. The changes are happening exponentially faster than previous industrial revolutions and will profoundly impact how we live, work, and relate to one another. The document argues that this revolution requires cooperation across all stakeholders to ensure it is empowering and shapes our future in a positive way.
Keynote "The System Approach in Resiliency"
Dirk Helbing, Chair of Sociology, in particular of Modeling and Simulation, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland at the 4th Annual Conference on Community Resiliency
On Network Capitalism, Ernesto van Peborgh, ISSS Keynote, George Washington U...Ernesto Peborgh
Keynote "Learning Across Boundaries: Exploring the Diversity of Systemic Theory and Practice". Presented at the 58th Conference of the ISSS at GWU School of Business at George Washington University, Washington, DC., from the 27th of July to the 1st of August, 2014.
1) The document discusses the concept of "innovative responsibility", which is defined as accounting for the potential effects and impacts of innovation on society and the environment throughout the innovation process.
2) It argues that failures to consider innovative responsibility, like in the 2008 mortgage crisis, can have severe consequences, and that individuals and institutions all have an obligation to ensure innovative responsibility.
3) The conclusion states that innovative responsibility should be considered as important as issues like climate change and terrorism, and practicing it can help eliminate potential catastrophes while improving system resilience and sustainability.
The document discusses the Third Industrial Revolution and key thinkers related to it such as Neil Gershenfeld, Jeremy Rifkin, and Chris Anderson. It outlines some of the main ideas from their works, including that personal fabrication tools will allow everyone to become their own manufacturer. It also discusses challenges for open source practices being applied to hardware, and questions around how to best organize the emerging ecosystem of distributed digital manufacturing.
The document discusses the rise of a new global capitalist system fueled by information technologies and networked organizations. This system is flexible and able to include or exclude people, territories, and activities based on their value. However, this ability of networks to constantly restructure and bypass areas that are no longer valuable can lead to social underdevelopment and exclusion of entire populations. It is critical to leverage information technologies to promote social inclusion and development on a global scale through initiatives like upgrading infrastructure, reforming education, and creating an open network of science and technology sharing.
This document discusses technological innovation and its impacts on employment. It provides context on globalization trends, industrial reorganization, and different models of production. It then examines Portugal's situation, including achievements and barriers to technological progress. Key policies and initiatives to promote innovation in Portugal are also summarized, from research to education. The social effects of technology on both the macro level and within organizations are then explored.
This document summarizes articles from the Boostzone Institute's October 2011 web review. It discusses several topics:
1) Studies on the global network of corporations and financial institutions, finding that 147 companies control 40% of transnational corporations.
2) Trends of freelancing and independent work becoming more common, with people piecing together various types of work.
3) Interviews with Michel Serres about the changes in society due to new technologies and how the West will adapt to the world it has created.
4) Articles on millennials facing economic challenges and adjusting expectations around ownership versus access.
So in summary, the document outlines recent research and discussions on global corporate networks, the rise of
This work presents the impact of technological innovations in international business. The objective will be to demonstrate that technological ecosystems are promoters of international business and its application in Peru will bring amazing benefits for the entire state: government, business, society.
Chapter I explains how technological innovations have been around since the dawn of time and have evolved along with humans providing opportunities for commercial and business development internationally. Then, as the second chapter discusses two countries have been developing successful technological ecosystems, international engine companies we know today as HP, Apple, and others. And like innovation model for emerging countries like Peru. To end the situation in Peru is evaluated with respect to the creation of structures for the development of technological innovations.
Finally, we conclude with a positive attitude towards the initiatives of the Peruvian government in including steps to encourage innovation measures, which added to the change of mentality of Peruvian companies and international support in education and investment, will be able to generate a substantial change in Peruvian exports.
This document summarizes Peter Troxler's background and involvement in the Fab Lab movement. It discusses key thinkers and texts related to digital fabrication and the Third Industrial Revolution, including Neil Gershenfeld, Jeremy Rifkin, and Chris Anderson. It also touches on challenges around organizing the Fab Lab ecosystem through collective action and self-organization while protecting open access to knowledge.
This document summarizes Peter Troxler's background and involvement in the Fab Lab movement. It discusses key thinkers and texts related to digital fabrication and the Third Industrial Revolution, including Neil Gershenfeld, Jeremy Rifkin, and Chris Anderson. It also touches on challenges around organizing the Fab Lab ecosystem through collective action and self-organization while protecting open access to knowledge.
This document provides an overview of Jacque Fresco's vision for a resource-based economy and The Venus Project. It discusses how future advances in science and technology will allow more decision making to be done by machines. It argues that previous attempts at social change like Marxism and utopian socialism failed because they lacked comprehensive plans and methods for implementation. It proposes that a resource-based economic model could maximize technology to enhance all human life and protect the environment. For social change to occur, outdated political and economic systems must lose public support. True change requires addressing problems from a global, systematic perspective rather than through individual persuasion. An internationally accepted comprehensive blueprint and planning council could help transition the world to a more equitable resource-based
This #PlatformCoopBerlin report comprises an introduction into the notion of platform cooperativism, references and links to main activists, activities and further readings. You’ll also find a report on the first #platformCoopBerlin meet-up in Berlin on the 04.03.2016, including a transcript of Michel Bauwen’s speech at this gathering. This article might be useful for whoever wants to get a basic or better understanding of platform cooperativism. People intending to organise a #PlatformCoopX meetup in their own city or researching about the subject will also find helpful information, links and contacts
The document discusses how disruptive technologies and social media are revolutionizing the media landscape and cultural practices in three main ways:
1. Traffic on global internet networks is growing exponentially and will continue to do so, changing how media is distributed and accessed.
2. Media will increasingly be generated by everyday people (prosumers) using converged mobile devices and distributed through social networks rather than traditional broadcast models.
3. This has upended traditional models of expertise and authority, shifting the role of media professionals from creators to "curators" who facilitate information flows and connections.
Activos inteligentes: Liberando el potencial de la economía circularItziar Ruiz Mendiola
En 2020 habrá entre 25 y 50 billones (con b) de aparatos electrónicos conectados. Hoy en día existen 10 billones. Este Internet de las Cosas (Internet of the Things, IoT) ofrece oportunidades por valor de un trillón de dólares, y provocará mejoras en la producción y los procesos de distribución, pero, lo que es más importante, provocará un cambio significativo en el modo en el que se utilizan los productos. La transformación digital tiene el poder para redefinir las bases mismas de la economía basada en el consumo de materiales. Frente a este modelo, surge otro donde la conectividad es una nueva infraestructura que puede dar lugar a la Era de la Economía Circular.
Así se refleja este informe elaborado por Ellen MacArthur Foundation en colaboración con World Economic Forum y que ha contado con la participación de más de 30 organizaciones, entre las que figura Innobasque. El trabajo pone el acento en cómo acelerar innovaciones impulsadas por el mercado y ayudar a escalar la economía circular. Se focaliza en explicar cuáles son los facilitadores de esta economía circular, como las tecnologías digitales, que son demasiado grandes o complejas para ser superadas por un solo negocio, ciudad, gobierno o individuo.
OER in the Mobile Era: Content Repositories’ Features for Mobile Devices and ...eLearning Papers
Learning objects and open contents have been named in the Horizon reports from 2004 and 2010 respectively, predicting to have an impact in the short term due to the current trend of offering open content for free on the Web. OER repositories should adapt their features so their contents can be accessed from mobile devices. This paper summarizes recent trends in the creation, publication, discovery, acquisition, access, use and re-use of learning objects on mobile devices based on a literature review on research done from 2007 to 2012. From the content providers side, we present the results obtained from a survey performed on 23 educational repository owners prompting them to answer about their current and expected support on mobile devices. From the content user side, we identify features provided by the main OER repositories. Finally, we introduce future trends and our next contributions.
Designing and Developing Mobile Learning Applications in International Studen...eLearning Papers
This paper reports on an international collaboration in which students from different universities designed and developed mobile learning applications, working together in interdisciplinary teams using social and mobile media. We describe the concept, process and outcomes of this collaboration including challenges of designing and developing mobile learning applications in virtual teams.
This paper reports on the current challenges the professional sector faces when going mobile. The report discusses the role of mobile devices in the workforce and addresses challenges like compatibility, security and training. It also provides a comprehensive review of the mobile landscape, and reviews current best practices in mobile learning.
Standing at the Crossroads: Mobile Learning and Cloud Computing at Estonian S...eLearning Papers
This paper studies the impact of mobile learning implementation efforts in Estonian school system – a process that has created a lot of controversy during the recent years. Best practices in mobile learning are available from the entire world, forcing schools to keep up the push towards better connectivity and gadgetry. Even in the best cases where the schools are provided with the necessary tools, the process has met a lot of scepticism from teachers who are afraid to implement new methods. Teachers are often cornered with the ‘comply or leave’ attitude from educational authorities, resulting in a multi-sided battle between involved parties.
We have surveyed students, teachers, parents and management at five Estonian front-runner schools to sort out the situation. The results show different attitudes among students, school leaders and staff – while all of them mostly possess necessary tools and skills, teachers almost completely lack motivation to promote mobile learning. We propose some positive and negative scenarios – for example, we predict major problems if teacher training will not change, e-safety policies are inadequately developed or authorities will continue the tendency to put all the eggs into one basket (e.g. by relying solely on closed, corporate solutions for mobile learning platforms).
M-portfolios: Using Mobile Technology to Document Learning in Student Teacher...eLearning Papers
We briefly analyse the enhancement of eportfolio processes defined by Zubizarreta (2009) with the introduction of mobile technology. We give some examples of appropriation of mobile device usage in eportfolio processes carried out by student teachers. These examples become the evidence of the enhancement possibilities of one of the portfolio processes defined by Zubizarreta (2009), that of documentation.
GGULIVRR: Touching Mobile and Contextual LearningeLearning Papers
1) Project GGULIVRR explores using mobile technologies like NFC tags and QR codes to link physical objects and locations to digital educational games.
2) The project aims to develop 21st century skills through creating and playing contextual mobile games on topics like a city's underground infrastructure.
3) Games are built in a generic framework that allows non-technical users to author new games by combining multimedia content and scripted gameplay rules.
Reaching Out with OER: The New Role of Public-Facing Open ScholareLearning Papers
Open educational resources (OER) and, more recently, open educational practices (OEP) have been widely promoted as a means of increasing openness in higher education (HE). Thus far, such openness has been limited by OER provision typically being supplier-driven and contained within the boundaries of HE. Seeking to explore ways in which OEP might become more needs-led we conceptualised a new ‘public-facing open scholar’ role involving academics working with online communities to source and develop OER to meet their needs.
To explore the scope for this role we focused on the voluntary sector, which we felt might particularly benefit from such collaboration. We evaluated four representative communities for evidence of their being self-educating (thereby offering the potential for academics to contribute) and for any existing learning dimension. We found that all four communities were self-educating and each included learning infrastructure elements, for example provision for web chats with ‘experts’, together with evidence of receptiveness to academic collaboration. This indicated that there was scope for the role of public-facing open scholar. We therefore developed detailed guidelines for performing the role, which has the potential to be applied beyond the voluntary sector and to greatly extend the beneficial impact of existing OER, prompting institutions to release new OER in response to the needs of people outside HE.
Managing Training Concepts in Multicultural Business EnvironmentseLearning Papers
Companies that need training and development services increasingly often operate in a context that consists of more than just one country, language and culture. While business operations are becoming international, companies expect their service providers being capable of catering them where needed. Succeeding in a very complex multinational customer-tailored training project takes more than a good concept. The concept must be flexible so that when language and cultural changes vary from country to country they do not endanger the content to be delivered. There can be several localised versions of the training concept under simultaneous delivery. Challenge is how to manage the concept.
Reflective Learning at Work – MIRROR Model, Apps and Serious GameseLearning Papers
This report discusses the initial results of a 4-year FP7 research project that developed a theoretical model and worked on the creation and evaluation of a range of ‘Mirror’ apps based on our Mirror reflection model. The findings divulge how the apps and serious games can facilitate reflectionº at work, by empowering employees to learn by reflection on their work practice and on their personal learning experiences.
SKILL2E: Online Reflection for Intercultural Competence GaineLearning Papers
The project SKILL2E aims to equip students on international work placements with intercultural competences. The model proposes a double loop learning cycle in which a shared online diary using guided questions is used for reflection. Preliminary results illustrate how this collaborative approach is conducive to the development of intercultural competences.
Experience Networking in the TVET System to Improve Occupational CompetencieseLearning Papers
This paper aims at considering the development and strengthening of networks in (T)VET systems as a means of improving employability and mobility of workers, through a system where occupational competences, required by the Labour Market, described in terms of Learning Outcomes that can be assessed and validated in all different contexts (formal, non formal and informal) developed following quality standards, will be abreast with changes and innovations of the global context requirements, in order to respond to those shortcomings that limit the potential growth of countries with serious implications for the participation in global markets, job growth, economical and social stability.
Leveraging Trust to Support Online Learning Creativity – A Case StudyeLearning Papers
The insights shared through this article build on data collected in real life situations. The work described here attempts to understand how trust can be used as leverage to support online learning and creative collaboration. This report explores this understanding from the teacher perspective. It examines trust commitments in an international setting within which learners from different European countries collaborate and articulate their learning tasks and skills at a distance. This research endeavour aims to recognize both individual and group vulnerabilities as opportunities to strengthen their cooperation and collaboration. We believe that by understanding how to assess and monitor learners’ trust, teachers could use this information to intervene and provide positive support, thereby promoting and reinforcing learners’ autonomy and their motivation to creatively engage in their learning activities.
The results gathered so far enabled an initial understanding of what to look for when monitoring trust with the intention of understanding and influencing learners’ behaviours. They point to three main aspects to monitor on students: (1) their perception of each others’ intentions, in a given context, (2) their level of cooperation as expressed by changes in individual and group commitments towards a particular activity; and, (3) their attitudes towards the use of communication mediums for learning purposes (intentions of use, actual use and reactions to actual use).
Innovating Teaching and Learning Practices: Key Elements for Developing Crea...eLearning Papers
This paper looks at how to innovate teaching and learning practices at system level. It describes the vision for ‘Creative Classrooms’ and makes a consolidated proposal for their implementation, clarifying their holistic and systemic nature, their intended learning outcomes, and their pedagogical, technological, and organisational dimensions for innovation. ‘Creative Classrooms’ (CCR) are conceptualized as innovative learning environments that fully embed the potential of ICT to innovate learning and teaching practices in formal, non-formal and informal settings.
The proposed multi-dimensional concept for CCR consists of eight encompassing and interconnected key dimensions and a set of 28 reference parameters (‘building blocks’). At the heart of the CCR concept lie innovative pedagogical practices that emerge when teachers use ICT in their efforts to organize newer and improved forms of open-ended, collaborative, and meaningful learning activities, rather than simply to enhance traditional pedagogies, such as expository lessons and task-based learning.
A preliminary analysis of two existing cases of ICT-enabled innovation for learning is presented in order to show (i) how the proposed key dimensions and reference parameters are implemented in real-life settings to configure profoundly diverse types of CCR and (ii) to depict the systemic approach needed for the sustainable implementation and progressive up-scaling of Creative Classrooms across Europe.
Website – A Partnership between Parents, Students and SchoolseLearning Papers
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1. Is the world open?
Richard Straub, Director of Development,
European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)
Summary
We talk about open societies, open innovation, open standards, open ecosystems, open source
and open architectures. The idea of “openness” is emerging as a dominant attribute of key
developments in our economic and social fabric. Richard Straub argues in this paper that
“openness” is the defining quality of 21st century globalisation.
In today’s world of business we experience every day what openness means and what benefits
it brings to bear. Openness is associated with values such as tolerance, individual freedom,
lifelong learning, participation, empowerment and cooperation, as opposed to typical closed-
world values of command and control, top-down management, centralized and bureaucratic
governance, over-regulation and collectivist dominance over individual freedom. Monopolies or
near-monopolies are examples of the closed world as are traditional hierarchies with their
burgeoning bureaucracies and disconnected silos are typical manifestations.
The rise of social networking sites, virtual worlds, blogs, wikis and 3D Internet give us a first
idea of the potential of the “interactive and collaborative web” dubbed Web 2.0. Now we have
the infrastructure and tools to operate in new ways in open systems. While many of the
thoughts about openness and the need for more open social systems have been around for
some time, this new infrastructure and new tools accelerate the movement.
An open world is a world of great opportunity and challenge. It requires changes in our
individual behaviours and attitudes and it demands major institutional adjustments. How can
business respond to it?
Keywords: openness, collaborative web, open systems, globalisation, cooperation, participation
This article has been published previously at Global Focus, Volume 2, Issue 1 (2008).
Publisher: European Foundation for Management Development www.efmd.org
Flat – Spiky or Open?
You may remember the discussion about Tom Friedman’s Book “The World is Flat”1. Friedman
argues that technology has created a level playing field for accessing markets, skills and
expertise and integrating them wherever they might be. Innovation becomes accessible for all -
“In a flat world you can innovate without having to emigrate”. The metaphor of the “flat world”
drew acclaims but also criticism.
Richard Florida2 instead opposed the notion of “spikiness” to the assumed flatness of the world,
suggesting that there were geographical points of concentration such as centres of innovation,
of skills, patent filings and of energy consumption. In short, he argues that location still matters.
These two different lenses of looking at our world and making sense of it as far as scenarios for
economic and social development are concerned are both important and valuable. Yet, I
believe there is an additional perspective that we should not ignore. The idea of “openness” is
emerging as a dominant attribute of key developments in our economic and social fabric. We
talk about open societies, open innovation, open standards, open ecosystems, open source
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2. and open architectures – all using more or less consciously the foundational thinking from the
20th century systems theory.
It was the biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy3, one of the most acute minds of the 20th century
who has established the foundations for a General Systems Theory showing the importance of
a “systems view” and giving us a vocabulary and the scientific foundations for dealing with
systems.
We look at increasingly complex interrelationships between connected elements in systems at
different levels. The traditional logic focusing on cause and effect is insufficient to deal with
today’s systemic issues - be it in human, electronic, ecological or biological systems.
We talk about systems all the time but how much do we use Von Bertalanffy’s thinking? When
we talk about closed systems we should remember that they are isolated from the environment
(organisation-wise we talk about bureaucracy and “silos”) and are subject to the law of entropy
or decay.
Open systems, by contrast, receive inputs from their environment, work with those inputs and
return them to the environment in modified form as outputs.
Closed systems are in a way “machine like” and open systems “living organism like” with
significant elements of self-organisation.
Open and Closed World Views
Our world was dominated in the second half of the 20th century by the dichotomy between
Communism and Capitalism. While the world has “opened up” with the advance of
globalization and global integration during the last decades, we see even within our western
societies the rift between open and closed philosophies and concepts enduring and in some
cases even widening. Openness is associated with values such as tolerance, individual
freedom, lifelong learning, participation, empowerment and cooperation as opposed to typical
closed-world values of command and control, top-down management, centralized and
bureaucratic governance, over-regulation and collectivist dominance over individual freedom.
In today’s world of business we experience every day what openness means and what benefits
it brings to bear. Monopolies or near-monopolies are examples of the closed world as are
traditional hierarchies with their burgeoning bureaucracies and disconnected silos are typical
manifestations.
Democratic values in Business
Hence openness seems to be tied to fundamental democratic values. Closed social systems
remind us very much the times of the iron curtain….and of old style autocratic enterprise
governance. The “rediscovery” of democratic values and their power in business is reflected in
recent business literature such as “Democratizing Innovation” (von Hippel)4, “The wisdom of
Crowds” (Surowiecki)5 and showed up in a new report of the Arthur W. Pages society in the
context of democratizing channels of communications. Yet, the way openness and democratic
values show up in management literature and research reminds us not so much of the “voting
democracy” but rather as vibrant, participative democracy combined with a dose of horizontal
meritocracy – you earn your voice and your space in the community based on your experience
and contribution to the common good… Also, open environments are a fertile breeding ground
for broad based innovation.
These ideas and values are not new – why are they now getting new life? Human kind has
equipped itself during the last 15 years with a new electronic infrastructure that can potentially
connect everyone to everyone else and therefore has a limitless potential to create new social
systems at all levels. This infrastructure for communication and interaction has become
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4. there is now a great opportunity for innovation and value creation there is no reason to be
complacent about this – the world is more turbulent than ever, the systemic interdependencies
may show in positive and negative ways just taking the example of today’s financial markets.
The speed of change is putting enormous pressure on all actors. Yet, a maturing and
standardizing and open technology infrastructure provides an unheard of potential of innovation
in products, services, business models and even at the societal level. With services taking the
lions share of value creation in our advanced economies (between 70 and 80 % of GNP and
employment) a transformation of our economic activity is in progress, which requires not only a
new enabling fabric but a different set of skills and competencies than were required in the
industrial economy.
Impact on Business
The new technology capabilities enable new organizational and operational models. The
corporation is shifting from a hierarchical, monolithic, “multinational” model to one that is
horizontal, networked and globally integrated. Because the operations and responsibilities of
organisations can now be componentised, “virtualised” and distributed over an ecosystem of
business relationships, work can be located wherever it makes most sense, driven by the
imperatives of economics, expertise and open business conditions. This creates new
challenges for companies to manage their identities and reputations.
In this environment companies can no longer guarantee life-long employment. The social
contract between employee and employer has changed in a highly competitive and fluid open
world. But equally, new employees may not wish to be locked into a long-term employment
relationship. In order to attract and retain key talent companies must contribute to equipping
their employees for this new open and global environment.
Empowerment of Employees and Users
At the same time, employees are getting more autonomous. The rise of the knowledge worker
poses new challenges to HR. The balance between the need to regulate and manage
professional’s activities and their need for autonomy is difficult to achieve. Talented
professionals with knowledge enjoy a technical superiority and relative independence vis-à-vis
the organisation. They tend to relate more to their peer-communities and professional
associations than to the firm. What they need most is interest in the job, challenge, fun and
freedom. The new generation entering the workplace (Generation “Y” or Millennials) is perfectly
reflecting these new “open” attitudes.
Open Innovation taking the Centre Stage
With regard to new Web 2.0 enabled capabilities for employees, business partners and users to
get involved with companies in new ways, innovation itself is changing fundamentally.
Innovation is becoming a more open process – “open innovation” has become a catch-phrase
with a lot of reality behind it. Power is shifting to the users who can make themselves heard in
case of concerns but who are also increasingly contributing to the innovation value chain to the
point of becoming the innovators themselves. Innovation is moving from company controlled
labs into the open space – “Living Labs” are becoming a strong movement in Europe to provide
an environment for open innovation and services creation. A European Network of Living Labs
has been announced under the Finnish EU Presidency7.
Towards a “perfect storm”?
An open world is a world of great opportunity and challenge. It requires changes in our
individual behaviours and attitudes and it demands major institutional adjustments.
Transformation initiatives at a large stage are very hard to accomplish – this is where leadership
and strong, courageous actions are required. Business and Academia will have to find much
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5. better synergy to face the challenges of tomorrow’s world. Best academic thinking and best
enterprise practice are required to develop the “perfect storm” towards an open world.
References
1
Thomas L. Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century,
First edition: 2005. Updated and expanded editions 2006 and 2007, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2
Richard Florida, The World is Spiky. The ATLANTIC monthly, Oct. 2005
3
Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy (September 19, 1901, Vienna, Austria – June 12, 1972, New York,
USA),one of the founders of General Systems Theorie (Allgemeine Systemtheorie)
4
Eric von Hippel (evhippel@mit.edu), Professor and Head of the Innovation and
Entrepreneurship Group at the MIT Sloan School of Management, specialized in research
related to the nature and economics of distributed and open innovation. He has written
Democratizing Innovation, 2005, MIT Press
5
James Surowiecki has written a book on the theory and practice of The Wisdom of Crowds—
Why The Many Are Smarter Than The Few And How Collective Wisdom Shapes Business,
Economies, Societies And Nations, 2004, Doubleday .
6
Carlota Perez, Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and
Golden Ages, 2002, Edward Elgar Publishing
7
The European Network of Living Labs has been launched on 20 November 2006 in Espoo,
Finland. The initiative aims to set up a new European Innovation Infrastructure where users
play an active role in the innovation and can influence this to better serve their own needs.
Author
Richard Straub
Director of Development, European Foundation for Management Development
(EFMD); Secretary General, European Learning Industry Group (ELIG);
Advisor to the Chairman, IBM Europe, Middle-East and Africa
straubr@fr.ibm.com
Citation instruction
Please refer to the original publication: Global Focus, Volume 2, Issue 1 (2008). Publisher:
European Foundation for Management Development www.efmd.org
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